Julia Calabrese
Roland Dahwen
Marcus Fischer
Bridgette Hickey 
Leslie Hickey 
KT Kusmaul
Sarah Rushford
Ash Stone 

Curated by Libby Werbel

An exhibition by the 2024/2025 cohort of the time-based art alliance Outer Voice exploring notions of human connection and belonging. 

The exhibition is funded by The Precipice Fund, the Regional Arts and Cultural Council, Oregon Contemporary, and Outer Voice.

Outer Voice: Trajectories will present recent works from the 2024/25 Outer Voice cohort of Portland artists Julia Calabrese, Roland Dahwen, Marcus Fischer, Bridgette Hickey, Leslie Hickey, KT Kusmaul, Sarah Rushford, and Ash Stone. Curated by Libby Werbel.

Outer Voice: Trajectories showcases eight artists each charting distinct pathways, finding a shared axis point within time-based art. Over the course of a month the exhibition will include a performance program, a night of film screenings, and a discussion between the curator and participating artists. 

Outer Voice is a time-based arts alliance started in 2023 and co-directed by Roland Dahwen, Sarah Rushford, and Ash Stone. The mission is to provide space, community, support, and opportunity to local time-based artists. Outer Voice aims to foster relationships based on a grounded, informed, and supportive critical dialogue. During their time with Outer Voice, artists are encouraged to practice, exhibit, celebrate, and program together; sharing resources, forming artistic and personal bonds, and linking with a broader network of artists, art organizations, and community members. 

Outer Voice: Trajectories explores systems of knowledge, world-building, language, and humor through the distinct yet interconnected practices of its artists. 

Further tying the work together is its necessity to elapse over time, consider time, or that through the work, time can be perceived differently. 

Outer Voice welcomes guest curator Libby Werbel to explore the themes listed above as a collaborator in planning, discussion, and writing about the literal and figurative trajectories in the exhibition.